Students, educators, economic development officials, manufacturing professionals, and leaders from the business community will gather to celebrate the Grand Opening of a MakerSpace in Milton, PA. This event will:

Recognize the importance of the Maker Movement in education to the future of the nation’s manufacturing industry;

Celebrate startup firm MakerEDU’s collaboration with CSIU to create a MakerSpace that will inspire student makers and enable teachers to bring these tools to their schools;

Describe MakerEDU co-founders Diego Aldan & Uttam Kumaran’s pathway from engineering students to entrepreneurs; as aided by Bucknell’s SBDC; and

Feature hand-on project demonstrations of 3D printers and other tools of the Maker Movement by high school and college student “Makers”!

Maker EDU is a consulting firm providing customized design and commissioning services to organizations developing their own makerspaces. The firm’s co-founders are Bucknell engineering students and SBDC clients Diego Aldana and Uttam Kumaran (above, with SBDC consultant and Incubator Manager, Dennis Hummer)

Pennsylvania has a deep history and rich legacy in manufacturing – it has long been the foundation for the state’s economy. Today, manufacturing has an $85 billion impact on Pennsylvania’s economy and is the 8th largest output in the United States. Manufacturing also employs over a half million workers in Pennsylvania, from a highly skilled labor force of more than 6.5 million, educated at nearly 300 educational institutions across the state. For a full list of Manufacturing Week events across the state, visit www.dced.pa.gov/mfgweek

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